. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. inspectingit in order to ascertain if it wantsDotting; if it be in a healthycondition, well rooted, and notin any way cramped, it will bebetter to work out as much ofthe old material as possible, andreplace it with new ; clean theplant, and leave it otherwiseundisturbed, for many Orchids,if potted when that operationis unnecessary, are thrown outof flowering until they can re-establish themselves. Itis not good practice to pot each plant every year, as manyOrchids will remain three or four years in the same potsor b
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. inspectingit in order to ascertain if it wantsDotting; if it be in a healthycondition, well rooted, and notin any way cramped, it will bebetter to work out as much ofthe old material as possible, andreplace it with new ; clean theplant, and leave it otherwiseundisturbed, for many Orchids,if potted when that operationis unnecessary, are thrown outof flowering until they can re-establish themselves. Itis not good practice to pot each plant every year, as manyOrchids will remain three or four years in the same potsor baskets if carefully attended to ; but on the otherhand, in the case of a sickly plant having little or no root,putting it into a small pot or basket, and giving it a frequentchange of material in which to grow, rarely fails to producegood results, for after two or three changes, the plant usuallystarts into growth and does well, particularly it some livingSphagnum Moss be mixed with the peat in which it is foregoing remarks apply equally to plants in baskets and. Fruit o£ the Panama Hat Plant (see p. 42S) in pots. Let us now advert to a few of the leading varietiesbeginning with those which experience has taught us dobest in Sphagnum Moss. With the stronger growing kinds,such as Vauda tricolor, V. suavis, Aerides odoratum, , Angra3cum sesquipedale, and others of similarhabit, we have no difficulty, inasmuch as they have tall stems,well furnished with air-roots, and do well in pots, the successin cultivating them depending more on the temperatureand atmosphere of the house than on anything else. Themedium-sized varieties, such as Saccolabium guttatum, , Vanda cosrulea, , &c., although saferin baskets, may be grown inpots, but more care is requiredin their management. In crock-ing pots for them, it is well tofix a good sound log, or a 3-in. unglazed drain-pipe inthe crocks, leaving the log onehalf in and the other half out o
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